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LOT 1262
Luristan Bronze Votive Animal Group
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/2 - 1 3/4 in. (65 grams total, 40-48 mm).
Model horses each with splayed legs and a stub to the rump (to accept a rider figure?). [5]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a central London gallery.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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Western Asiatic Gold Necklace Element
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Opening Bid: £300
Slightly curved hollow-formed decorative element from a necklace or collar, with three rows of cells to the segmented body each with a granulated collar, two lentoid eyes two one end and three flanges to the other, open at both ends and plain to the underside. 9.34 grams, 59 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Pillow-shaped in form with cuneiform text in dense rows to both faces and one edge; partly absent. 66 grams, 56 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Stamp Seal
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Tapering, hexagonal in plan with incuse calligraphic inscription; pierced at the narrow end. 21.1 grams, 35 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971.
